Patents by Inventor TED S. MACY

TED S. MACY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9396049
    Abstract: Methods for agricultural data management include automatically monitoring for events associated with receipt of agricultural data through use of a service executing on a computing device, notifying at least one component of a software system executing on the computing device of the receipt of the agricultural data, processing the agricultural data by the at least one component and storing the agricultural data in a data repository, and automatically distributing the agricultural data from the data repository in a predetermined format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Ted S. Macy
  • Patent number: 9256907
    Abstract: A method includes defining a plurality of crop field boundaries such that an area of land falls within each of the plurality of field boundaries. The method further includes maintaining the plurality of crop field boundaries within the crop recordkeeping system, using a first of the crop field boundaries in performing a first function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on a computer, and using a second of the crop field boundaries in performing a second function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Ted S. Macy
  • Publication number: 20150269686
    Abstract: A method includes defining a plurality of crop field boundaries such that an area of land falls within each of the plurality of field boundaries. The method further includes maintaining the plurality of crop field boundaries within the crop recordkeeping system, using a first of the crop field boundaries in performing a first function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on a computer, and using a second of the crop field boundaries in performing a second function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: TED S. MACY
  • Patent number: 9084389
    Abstract: A method includes defining a plurality of crop field boundaries such that an area of land falls within each of the plurality of field boundaries. The method further includes maintaining the plurality of crop field boundaries within the crop recordkeeping system, using a first of the crop field boundaries in performing a first function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on a computer, and using a second of the crop field boundaries in performing a second function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: MAPSHOTS, INC
    Inventor: Ted S. Macy
  • Patent number: 8958992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for managing a research seed location. In various embodiments, the method of the present invention comprises storing at least one field characteristic layer in a memory, storing at least one the research plot layer in a memory, and merging the research plot layer and the field characteristic layer via a processor. In some embodiments, the research plot plan may be linked to a research plot database. In some embodiments, plant observation data and/or plant harvest data may be collected and may be merged with the research plot plan. In some embodiments, a seed planting device may be controlled to plant seeds according to the research plot plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc
    Inventors: Ted S. Macy, Loren Steenhoek
  • Publication number: 20130268949
    Abstract: Methods for agricultural data management include automatically monitoring for events associated with receipt of agricultural data through use of a service executing on a computing device, notifying at least one component of a software system executing on the computing device of the receipt of the agricultural data, processing the agricultural data by the at least one component and storing the agricultural data in a data repository, and automatically distributing the agricultural data from the data repository in a predetermined format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Ted S. Macy
  • Patent number: 8479221
    Abstract: Methods for agricultural data management include automatically monitoring for events associated with receipt of agricultural data through use of a service executing on a computing device, notifying at least one component of a software system executing on the computing device of the receipt of the agricultural data, processing the agricultural data by the at least one component and storing the agricultural data in a data repository, and automatically distributing the agricultural data from the data repository in a predetermined format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Ted S. Macy
  • Publication number: 20110270529
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for managing a research seed location. In various embodiments, the method of the present invention comprises storing at least one field characteristic layer in a memory, storing at least one the research plot layer in a memory, and merging the research plot layer and the field characteristic layer via a processor. In some embodiments, the research plot plan may be linked to a research plot database. In some embodiments, plant observation data and/or plant harvest data may be collected and may be merged with the research plot plan. In some embodiments, a seed planting device may be controlled to plant seeds according to the research plot plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Ted S. Macy, Loren Steenhoek
  • Publication number: 20110153556
    Abstract: A method includes defining a plurality of crop field boundaries such that an area of land falls within each of the plurality of field boundaries. The method further includes maintaining the plurality of crop field boundaries within the crop recordkeeping system, using a first of the crop field boundaries in performing a first function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on a computer, and using a second of the crop field boundaries in performing a second function of the crop recordkeeping system executing on the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MAPSHOTS, INC.
    Inventor: TED S. MACY
  • Publication number: 20110126211
    Abstract: Methods for agricultural data management include automatically monitoring for events associated with receipt of agricultural data through use of a service executing on a computing device, notifying at least one component of a software system executing on the computing device of the receipt of the agricultural data, processing the agricultural data by the at least one component and storing the agricultural data in a data repository, and automatically distributing the agricultural data from the data repository in a predetermined format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: MAPSHOTS, INC.
    Inventor: TED S. MACY